What is the full translation of the abbreviation RSVP?

Answer 1

en francais - respondez sil-vous plait

in english - Respond if you please

Answer 2

R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît," which means "please reply." The person sending the invitation would like you to tell him or her whether you accept or decline the invitation. That is, will you be coming to the event or not? Etiquette rules followed in most Western cultures require that if you receive a formal, written invitation, you should reply promptly, perhaps that same day. For hosts who are planning a dinner party, a wedding or a reception, this is important from a practical point of view, because they need to know how many people to count on and how much food and drink to buy. More important, though, is the simple courtesy of responding to someone who was nice enough to invite you, even if it is to say that you regret that you will not be able to attend.

Many wedding invitations come with a response card that you can mail back right away. Other written invitations will carry the host's telephone number so you can call with your reply, although under strict etiquette rules, a written invitation requires a written reply. Nowadays, invitations often carry a "regrets only" notation at the end. That means that the host will count on your being there unless you tell him or her otherwise. Some people even use "R.S.V.P." as a verb, as in "Have you R.S.V.P.ed to that invitation?"

You might wonder why we use the initials of a French phrase in an invitation that is written in English. You could say that the French "invented" etiquette, although that would be a simplification because there have always been rules of courtesy to follow in civilization. In fact, an Italian diplomat, Conte Baldassare Castiglione, wrote the first book about proper behavior among nobility in the 16th century. Many of the practices of Western etiquette, however, came from the French court of King Louis XIV in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. At Versailles, his palace, Louis XIV had the rules for court behavior written on what the French referred to as "tickets," or "étiquette." The tickets either were signs posted at Versailles or were the invitations issued to court events with the rules of behavior printed on the back; experts give different versions of the origin. And French was the language of refinement and high society through the 19th century in the United States. Judith Martin, the author of etiquette books and a syndicated newspaper columnist known as "Miss Manners," thinks that "R.S.V.P." came about as a polite way of reminding people of something that they should already know: If you receive an invitation, you should reply.

Answer 3

The term R.S.V.P. comes from the French expression "répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "please respond".
If R.S.V.P. is written on an invitation it means the invited guest must tell the host whether or not they plan to attend the party. It does not mean to respond only if you're coming, and it does not mean respond only if you're not coming (the expression "regrets only" is reserved for that instance). It means the host needs a definite head count for the planned event, and needs it by the date specified on the invitation.

Answer 4

RSVP is an abbreviation of the French phrase "Repondez S'il Vous Plait" which means "please respond.

Answer 5

It is the abbreviation for the French phrase which means "Please reply". In English most people thinks that it is the abbreviation for "Respond Very Promptly".

Answer 6

RSVP is actually french. I'm going to try my best to spell it... but don't expect it to be right

responde si vou ple

Translation: please repsond. pronounced "respOnde see voo play" or something like that.

Answer 7

respondez s'il vous plait

Answer 8

It is an abbreviation for the french phrase, "répondez s'il vous plaît" which means "please reply".

Answer 9

it is French for please respond. If you don't mind poor spelling:

respondevous si vou ples (thank god I can almost spell in English because in French. uggh!)

Answer 10

respondez s'il vous plait --- what i learnt from my aviation school it means 'please reply' i dont know the full translation.. sorry..

Answer 11

Respondez Sil Vous Plait, french for "Please Respond"